What is CVE-2020-8803?

CVE-2020-8803 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-13.

How severe is CVE-2020-8803?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Salesagility Suitecrm

CVE-2020-8803

SuiteCRM through 7.11.11 allows Directory Traversal to include arbitrary .php files within the webroot via add_to_prospect_list.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2020-02-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.033 (88.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Salesagility Suitecrm

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

suitecrm.com (Product)
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/6 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/156329/SuiteCRM-7.11.11-Broken-Access-Control-Loc… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-8803?: CVE-2020-8803 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Salesagility Suitecrm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-02-13.
How severe is CVE-2020-8803?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.